What’s dawning on Norway is a warning for Ireland: Electric cars are not the solution for cities
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: “It’s great that people use electric cars. But we are not well served by people get into their cars and drive into … Read more
Why do detail at junctions matter?
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Why do details at junctions matter? And why do I keep ranting on about junction design? Once you segregate cycle paths, the … Read more
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown’s surprising interconnected progress
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Just over a month ago I cycled around part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council one night when I had some time to … Read more
Conor Skehan claims to be an urbanist yet makes a Newstalk presenter sound like he’s the head of the “War on Cars”
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Conor Skehan yesterday, while claiming to be an urbanist, made Kieran Cuddihy, presenter of Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder, sound like he’s the … Read more
Vagueness is key to misinformation from Skehan and others who don’t want to see an end to car dominance in Ireland
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A “150-year-old pharmacy at the heart of a Dublin village ceased trading” due to pedestrianisation sounds dreadful, so, why didn’t Conor Skehan … Read more
First BusConnects goes to planning: If you tolerate this poor design, your route will be next
— NTA designing for just 3.8% decrease in car use on first BusConnects route.— Cycling provision clearly isn’t fit for cycling for all. COMMENT & … Read more
How much can a city’s street change in about a decade? Before/after images from Utrecht
Utrecht gets a lot of international attention that even surprises Dutch cycling experts… so, what’s the wow factor in Utrecht? From visiting the city over … Read more
Not everybody can cycle, but HSE should be enabling and promoting cycling to hospital staff, patients and visitors who can
— Public transport to hospitals should also be subsidised. Comment & Analysis: Road transport contributes to almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland (around … Read more